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Poor Relief and Protestantism The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden - The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Poor Relief and Protestantism The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden - The Evolution of Social Welfare in Sixteenth-Century Emden (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
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This is a study of the organisation and practical operation of the
system of poor relief in Emden from the late 15th century to the
end of the 16th. The city went through dramatic economic,
confessional and constitutional changes during this period and so
offers an ideal setting for the study of the emergence and
development of a highly organised, multi-jurisdictional system of
social welfare in the early modern period. Utilising account books,
church council minutes, wills, contracts, correspondence and guild
records it focuses on the day-to-day operation of poor relief - how
the many diverse institutions actually functioned. As elsewhere in
Europe, the Reformation did not immediately result in swift changes
in poor relief; the Roman Catholic components of the administration
of social welfare were dissolved and replaced gradually. It was
only when the vast changes in religious, social and economic life
which occurred at the middle of the 16th century forced matters
that the methods of relief for the needy were revolutionised. The
city was flooded with refugees from the Dutch revolt, there were
widespread and severe economic difficulties caused by bad harvests
and skyrocketing prices, and the church underwent a period of
intense Calvinisation; only then were Reformed institutions and
methods introduced. At times, religious arguments dominated the
poor relief debate, while at others the social welfare system was
barely affected; the effectiveness of the new systems and
institutions is illuminated by an analysis of the recipients of
relief during the second half of the 16th century.
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